Jesse MiksicOn Twin Peaks: The Return, and the Present DeleriumNote: Spoilers below for Twin Peaks: The Return, Parts 1–11.8 min read·Jul 27, 2017----
Jesse MiksicReductions: The Consumer and the CriticI’m going to go ahead and post some more abstract notes, developing some ideas I’ve had floating around for a while. This is related to…6 min read·Jun 21, 2017--3--3
Jesse MiksicA Manifesto, dedicated to Fernando PessoaYour style is a straitjacket.2 min read·Apr 7, 2017----
Jesse MiksicDads and Daughters and Dozing OffJohn Crowley wrote about Sleep more perfectly than I could ever hope to rival, so I’ll use his words (culled from his novel Little, Big) as…6 min read·Mar 11, 2017----
Jesse MiksicA Defense Against the Dark CloudsIt’s hard to think about anything but politics these days.3 min read·Feb 22, 2017----
Jesse MiksicPlatitude Review: “Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety…”A disfiguration of a Ben Franklin quote:1 min read·Jan 6, 2017----
Jesse MiksicAn Aesthetics of AspectThose of us who fetishize the expressive capacities —we self-identified “creatives” and “artists” and associated communities— we have a lot…5 min read·Jan 6, 2017----
Jesse MiksicThe PendulumDriving between a daycare center and a pediatrician’s office, I heard a story on NPR about Trump’s cabinet.5 min read·Dec 23, 2016----
Jesse MiksicThe SpectacleWhen lightning strikes on the horizon, we stand and gape for a moment, no matter how predictable it was, and no matter how prepared we…2 min read·Dec 7, 2016----
Jesse MiksicPlatitude Review: “If you’re not a liberal at 25, etc etc”Earliest attribution, via Quote Investigator, is that this comes from a guy named Anselm Batbie, quoted by Jules Clariete, attributing the…1 min read·Jun 2, 2016----